Trousers.



I. SGHBINMAN.

TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1912.

Patented mm, 19%

- citizen of the United States, and a resident ISAAC SCHEINMAN, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application filed November 15, 1912. Serial No. 731,499.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC SCHEINMAN, a

of the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Trousers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to What are known as knickerbockersor. knee breeches, and it consists in the combining with the flaps-oropenings usually at the knee, of the described devices, whereby theflaps are held together. neatly and firmly and yet in such manner as notto be unduly tight when secured or when a change in the position of thebody calls for more space within the band.

Figure 1 shows the lower end of one leg of a pair of knickerbockersembodying my invention. Fig.2 is a sectional View of the device ofFig. 1. F ig. 3 shows a broad bridge, sometimes used in place of thenarrow bridge of Fig. 1.

Knickerbockers or knee breeches are usually open at the knee and have aband adapted to surround the leg, just below the knee, and provided withsome form of fastening.- If the fastening be a button and buttonhole, itmust be so loose as to be unsightly and uncomfortable, or, if tightenough for present comfort, and appearance, then when the position ofthe body is changed, the muscles and tendons of the leg so change theirsize and position that the fastening is unduly tight,

I have heretofore sought to overcome the difficulty by inventing ayielding fastener located in a pocket, which still seems the preferablyway; but I findthat nearly as good a result may be also attained by substituting a bridge piece in place of a complete pocket, and a garmentwith such feature is the subject of this application, which may almostbe termed a division of my former one.

1 indicates the leg of the garment, 2 the band usually employed, thoughI might make one without a band, 3 is one flap of the opening and 4 the,other flap.

The garment is preferably so proportioned and so cut and stitched thatone flap will lie over the other.

On one flap say 3, I secure one element of a fastening device, forinstance, one or 4, and a. considerable distance from the flap edge, Isecure an elastic band 7. The band might be made up of sections one ofwhich was elastic and one inelastic, but no good purpose is therebypromoted.

' Image the elastic part of the band or se curing device of considerablelength, in order that its continued extension and contraction shall notso quickly destroy its elastic character.

If a very short piece of elastic is used, then it is stretched so nearthe limit of its capacity, at any movement, that its life is very shortand I avoid that diflicult y by using a piece of considerable length.

One end of the elastic (or two ends if it is looped) is secured to thematerial of the garment. This maybe done by sewing it directly to thematerial, or to the band 2, if there be one, or to a tape 8, which is inturn secured to the garment, the essential feature being that theelastic shall in some Way be secured to the garment so as to aid infastening it and that the fastenin shall be at a distance from the edge,sufiiclent to permit an elastic of material length to be used, that is,one that is considerably longer than the difference between the normalmeasure of the limb, and its dimension when most distended. w

On the free end of the elastic member, I secure a fastening complementalto the one on the other flap. In this embodiment it is a hook '9, but Icould secure the hook to strip 6, and an eyelet to the elastic 7.

The devices thus far described would secure the garment but not neatly.The flap 4 would fly open and, being loose, Would be more or lessobjectionable, particularly to boys. In my fastening, I have thereforeprovided for that feature also, by passing a bridge 10 over the elasticnear the edge of the flap and yet within the line of the hook end. It issecured to the tape'8, or the band or the garment, and permlts theelastic to be extended under it or to retract freely and yet when thehook is engaged in the eyelet, in the form shown, it will hold the flap4: closely to the flap 3, which is the end desired.

Instead of the narrow bridge 10, I may use a broad bridge 11. Thedistance it extends laterally is not limited, provided its forward lineisso placed as to properly hold the elastic.

The entire combination exhibits a garment which may be readilyunfastened for removal or assumption, may be readily secured whenassumed, and so secured-as to be neat in appearance, comfortable in fit,to have the flap held down as desired and yet be susceptible of yieldingto the motions of the body as desired, and the ends sought are attainedby means which are durable, be-' cause seldom or never strained to thelimit,- though not likely to be strained beyond further service, by evenan unusual call upon their yielding capacity.

What I claim as my invention and desire" to secure by Letters Patent, is

- In knee breeches, a knee band, fastening; 'means for the ends thereof,a plurality of one member of the fastening means belng disposed on oneend of the band, a strip of strong material attached to the other end ofthe band, an elastic tongue attached to the strong material at a pointremote from the edge of the band, a. fastening member'attached to theprojecting end of the tongue and mating with the fastening membersdisposed at the other end of the band, and

a bridge of strong material extending across 25 the elastic tongue andsupporting it and -fixedly secured to the material of the band,

between the point where the elastic tongue is secured and the proximateend of the band.

Signed at New York in the county of New 30 i York and State "of New Yorkthis 8th day of November A..D. 1912.

ISAAC SCHEINMAN.

/ Witnesses:

A. G. N. VER ILYA,

MARGARET GAVIN.

